Trick toy.



H. MILLHOU'SE.

TRICK TOY.

APPLICATION man ocT. 29. 1911.

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HENRY MTLLHOUSE, 0F CHICAGO, TLLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 GEORGE 'VICTOR LILLIG, OF CHICAGO, TLLINOIS.

THICK TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duty 2, 191.

Application led. October 29, 1917. Serial No. 199,065.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY MILLHOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trick Toys2 of which the following is a specification.

The toy which is the Subj ect matter of the present application for patent is designed to afford amusement by the operation of a trick feature, the same being accomplished when an inexperienced person attempts to operate the toy.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

1n the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section.

Referring specically to the drawing, 5 denotes a suitable base on which the device is mounted so that it may be placed on a counter or other place where the device is to be exhibited and operated. @n the base is mounted a miniature windmill 6 having a driving connection 7 with a circular saw 8. This part of the device may be any other movable iigure or object adapted to be set in motion by a light blast of air.

1n front of the windmill 6, or other windmotor or toy, is mounted a mouthpiece 9 having at its rear end a laterally outstanding plate 10. lin line with the mouthpiece 9, at the rear end thereof, is a blowpipe or tube 11 which is positioned so as to discharge on the vanes of the toy 6.

Abo-ve the blowpipe 11 and its mouthpiece 9 is located an upright receptacle 12 containing a supply of starch, flour or other powdered substance. 1n the front wall of this receptacle is a recess 13 in which the plate 10 slidably seats and is free to be slid up or down. The top of the receptacle has a filler aperture provided with a suitable closure 111.

lin that portion of the front wall of the receptacle 12 over which the plate 10 slidably seats is an air-inlet aperture 15, and in said wall above the plate, and near the top of the receptacle is an outlet aperture 16. When the mouthpiece 9 properly registers with the blowpipe 11, the plate 10 covers the aperture 15, and upon sliding the plate upward by the mouthpiece a certain distance, the latter comes into registry with the aperture 15.

From the rear wall of the receptacle 12, above the blowpipe 11, extends a nozzle 17 which is intended as a blind to give the device an operative appearance when the plate 10 is up and uncovering the aperture 15.

The operation of the device is as follows:

To operate the toy 6, the mouthpiece 9 is moved down to come in line with the blowpipe 11, the plate 10 now covering the aperture 15. Upon blowing through the mouthpiece 9 the toys 6 and 8 are operated.

The trick feature is operated as follows:

A person acquainted with the operation of the device slides the mouthpiece 9 upward so that it comes in line with the aperture 15. If now an attempt is made by an inexperienced person to operate the parts 6 and 8 by blowing through the mouthpiece 9, the blast of air enters the receptaclev 12 through the aperture 15 and a portion of the powder in said receptacle is blown through the aperture 16 into the face of the person.

1 claim 1. A toy comprising a Wind motor, a blowpipe positioned to discharge on the motor, a mouthpiece for the blowpipe slidably mount-ed to come into and out of registry therewith, a powder receptacle having an outlet and an air inlet aperture, and a cover plate for the inlet aperture carried by the mouthpiece, said plate covering the aperture when the mouthpiece registers with the blowpipe, and said mouthpiece registering with the aperture when slid out of registry with the blowpipe.

2. A toy comprising a wind motor, a blowpipe positioned to discharge on the motor, a powder receptacle having an outlet and an air inlet aperture, a mouthpiece, a slidable support for the mouthpiece adjustable to register the mouthpiece alternately with the blowpipe and the aforesaid aperture.

3. A toy comprising a wind motor, a blowpipe positioned to discharge on the motor, a mouthpiece for the blowpipe slidably mounted to come into and out of registry therewith, a. powder receptacle having an outlet and an air inlet aperture, the Wall of the receptacle having the aperture being pro- 5 videdv With a recess, anda cover plate for the. inlet aperture slidably seating Copies of this patentymay be obtained for plate covering the aperture when the mouthpiece registers With the blowpipe, and said mouthpiece registering with the aperture when slid out of registry with the blowpipe.

In testimony Whereo I aix my signature.

HENRY MILLHOUSE.

in the ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,` D. C. 

